Maxim's pour homme, 2 vastly different versions? Bad bottles?

Are there 2 vastly different versions of Maxim's pour homme? I have 2 bottles, which look and smell different. Some of the reviews seem to confirm this. I will quote from the reviews as I'm not very good at taking scents apart.

First bottle, the one pictured on BN would be this, assuming that indole smells a bit like urine. This bottle looks legit to me, came in it's box and has a sticker underneath with all the usual information.

"To me this is an extremely animalic fragrance. I don’t at all get any fruit note of any sort in the opening: I get a smooth, deep leather and a rather strong indole note from the jasmine… And “sweet”?… in no way does anything smell sweet. The leather and indoles override everything to my nose."

The other bottle, which sports a different cap/sprayer (not original?) and white print on the bottle, not silver, which also is sloppier, cheaper looking, would be like this. This bottle simply has Bottle made in France on the bottom.

Re: Maxim's pour homme, 2 vastly different versions? Bad bottles?

I was never aware of different versions for Maxim's PH. I have had numerous bottles, but no longer have it except for factory samples.

They all smelled the same to me and I cannot say I noticed different printing on the bottles. Each bottle I previously owned had the same aroma and is one of the most masculine smelling fragrances you can ever get.

Re: Maxim's pour homme, 2 vastly different versions? Bad bottles?

I have had about half a dozen bottles over the years, and I have never detected any difference in their performance. Of course any disparity may well be down to how the bottles were stored prior to purchase.

Re: Maxim's pour homme, 2 vastly different versions? Bad bottles?

Mine has a sticker on the bottom of the bottle, covering up "Bottle Made in France" (that's embossed glass). That sticker says something like Parfums Maxim's, 1.7 oz, 85% alcohol, etc. Then there's a small sticker on the back of the bottle, towards the bottom, which says Gary Farn and something about US distribution and a CT address, IIRC. I really don't think there are fake issues here, but there certainly could be a reformulation issue. I'll have to wear it within the next week and reconsider my review in light of what's been said here and elsewhere. It's the white front, not the silver.

Re: Maxim's pour homme, 2 vastly different versions? Bad bottles?

Yeah, don't think they would be fakes. The white print bottle is from a what seemed like a proper internet shop. It could be that the juice did suffer a little, the sweet top notes are not as strong or extreme as some reviewers mention (at least to me).
It just seems odd to me that they are so completely different. If one, or both of them, had gone slightly off, would a note that is so dominant in one of them completely disappear in the other? The somewhat harsh note that dominates the silver print for a long time is simply not there at all in the sweet one. The reviews I've quoted are spot on for each bottle.